Fengjiahe Formation Geological formation in Yunnan, China
The Fengjiahe Formation is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Early Jurassic , most likely to the Pliensbachian .[ 1] [ 2]
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Theropod tracks geographically present in Yunnan , China.[ 3]
Color key Notes small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs
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Species
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Stratigraphic position
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Shuangbaisaurus S. anlongbaoensis Shuangbai County Lower part of formation
Partial skull with lower jaw
A crested basal theropod , probably a junior synonym of Sinosaurus
Chinshakiangosaurus [ 3] C. chunghoensis [ 3] Geographically present in Yunnan , China.[ 3]
A basal sauropod
Irisosaurus [ 4] [ 5] I. yimenensis A sauropodiform sauropomorph
Lufengosaurus [ 2] L. huenei A massospondylid sauropodomorph
Xiangyunloong [ 6]
Y. fengming
Geographically present in Yunnan , China.
"A partial skeleton including three cervical, five dorsal and 15 caudal vertebrae, several dorsal rib fragments, nearly a dozen chevrons, an incomplete left ilium, and a right ischium."
A massopodan sauropodomorph
Yimenosaurus [ 3]
Y. youngi [ 3]
Geographically present in Yunnan , China.[ 3]
"[Ten] partial skeletons, skull, adult."[ 7]
A plateosaurid sauropodomorph
Yunnanosaurus [ 1] Y. youngi A sauropodiform sauropodomorph
Yuxisaurus [ 8] Y. kopchicki Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan , ChinaUpper
Partial skeleton including a partial skull, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, scapulae, right humerus, left femur, and osteoderms
A basal thyreophoran
References
1 2 Ren, Xin-Xin; Su, Xing; Wang, Guo-Fu; You, Hai-Lu (2021-10-04). "Sedimentological evidence suggests an Early Jurassic age for Yunnanosaurus youngi (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) in Yunnan Province of China" Historical Biology . 34 (9): 1827– 1833. doi :10.1080/08912963.2021.1984445 . ISSN 0891-2963 . S2CID 244227159 . 1 2 Xing, Lida; Rothschild, Bruce M.; Randolph-Quinney, Patrick S.; Wang, Yi; Parkinson, Alexander H.; Ran, Hao (December 2018). "Possible bite-induced abscess and osteomyelitis in Lufengosaurus (Dinosauria: sauropodomorph) from the Lower Jurassic of the Yimen Basin, China" . Scientific Reports . 8 (1): 5045. Bibcode :2018NatSR...8.5045X . doi :10.1038/s41598-018-23451-x . ISSN 2045-2322 . PMC 5864883 PMID 29568005 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 534–535. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ↑ Claire Peyre de Fabrègues; Shundong Bi; Hongqing Li; Gang Li; Lei Yang; Xing Xu (2020). "A new species of early-diverging Sauropodiformes from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Yunnan Province, China" . Scientific Reports . 10 (1) 10961. Bibcode :2020NatSR..1010961P . doi :10.1038/s41598-020-67754-4 . PMC 7335049 PMID 32620800 . ↑ Claire Peyre de Fabrègues; Shundong Bi; Hongqing Li; Gang Li; Lei Yang; Xing Xu (2020). "Author Correction: A new species of early-diverging Sauropodiformes from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Yunnan Province, China" . Scientific Reports . 10 (1) 17086. doi :10.1038/s41598-020-74208-4 . PMC 7542162 PMID 33028950 . ↑ Hu, S.-B.; Wang, Y.-C.; Mo, X.; Wang, X.-Q.; Zeng, W.-T; Wang, T.; Sun, Z.-B; Dong, Q.-X.; Guan, Q.; Lu, Y.-H; Zang, Y.-S.; Bing, Y.; Wang, Y.-M; You, H.-L (2026). "A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Dali of Yunnan Province, China" . Royal Society Open Science . 13 (3). doi :10.1098/rsos.252219 ↑ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236. ↑ Yao, X.; Barrett, P. M.; Lei, Y.; Xu, X.; Bi, S. (2022-03-15). "A new early-branching armoured dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China" . eLife 11 e75248. doi :10.7554/eLife.75248 PMC 8929930 PMID 35289749 .
